[RMMV] SHOW BATTLE ANIMATION ON SIDEVIEW BATTLER

I want to use a common event to make a battle animation play over one of the player characters while using the sideview battle system, but unfortunately RPG Maker MV seems to have forgotten that sideview is a thing and only has the option to target enemies.



What would be a good way to get around this?

EDIT: Tried to come up with a solution myself by scavenging pieces of code I don't actually understand from the RMMV Script Call master list and the following script call seems to do the trick:


So, if anyone else needs help circumventing this that's a way, I guess?